To say something of the more general Duties to which the _Priors_ are obliged: They keep all the Keys, as well of every Gate which gives Entrance into the _Lazarettos_, (which is more than one, besides all those that are upon the Canal, disposed in the best Manner to receive Goods, and pass them to the Place destined for their Purification, without passing by Places already occupied by others, lest there should be any Mistake) as of every other Gate that secures the Quarantine of Persons and Goods; all which are to be shut when Night comes on, and opened only after the Sun rising; themselves always assisting, yet with such Precautions, that they themselves are always to be kept clear and free from Mixture. They are responsible for whatever is sent to the _Lazarettos_, under Sanction, however, of the Magistrate’s Order, with which they must be furnished; and with no other are they to be satisfied, not even with that of his Officers that bring them. They inspect the Guardians and the _Bastazi_, that they do their Duty each Day, in the Services render’d Persons and Goods, not permitting them to serve in more than one Quarantine; and that they are assiduous in exposing every Day to the Air, upon Ropes, the Passengers Things, taken out of their Trunks, _&c._ and in the necessary Management they are to observe of suspected Merchandize, with every Form required: For which Reason, and to provide for any Necessities of the Passengers, the _Prior_ is every Day to make two Visits at least, one in the Morning, and the other in the Afternoon, to every Place of Quarantine. This Care of keeping the Passengers supplied with all Necessaries, brings me to describe another Sort of Officers, in the Service of the Magistrate, called _Victuallers_. These furnish the Passengers in the _Lazarettos_, and the Crew performing Quarantine on Board, with all Things necessary. There is a fixed Number of them, and they twice a Day visit the _Lazarettos_ and Vessels; but they keep at due Distance, and always the _Prior_ must be present at the first, and the Guardian in the last, (which is an immutable Rule, if any Visit is ever made) and all that they present, passes through the Hands of those Officers to the Persons, making use of a Basket for that Purpose, fastened to a Cane of three or four Fathom long, in which they put what they furnish them with, and receive their Money the same Way; which before they touch, they pass it through Vinegar or Salt-Water. They are forbid by Law all Extortion, and all the Profit they have is only one Penny more in the Pound than the ordinary _Tariffes_ allow, as settled from Time to Time by the Officers of the City.